Voices from the Campaign for Black Male Achievement

Our Highest Hopes for Transformational Leadership

Date: June 1, 2010

"Transformational times require transformational leadership." This was the theme for the first annual Campaign for Black Male Achievement Transformational Leadership Retreat, which took place in December 2009 in Miami, Florida. In partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Open Society Institute convened over 60 leaders from across the nation to participate in a retreat designed to raise the bar for participants' personal and organizational leadership in 2010.

During the retreat, participants were asked to talk about their collective missions to improve the life outcomes of black men and boys. This film shares some of their insights into creating bolder and brighter visions of what is possible for black men and boys in America.

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